diff --git a/libieee1284.spec b/libieee1284.spec
index fae0884..95cd3ce 100644
--- a/libieee1284.spec
+++ b/libieee1284.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ URL: http://cyberelk.net/tim/libieee1284/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: libieee1284-strict-aliasing.patch
 Patch2: libieee1284-aarch64.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: xmlto, python2-devel
 
 %description